In the following news, we will introduce the content of the first half of the program scheduled to be announced in the future. This is because of the content of the Q&A in the second half, it can be said that most of the questions are related to the storyline of “The End of the Moon”. Therefore, in the report, I hope to only mention the problem of not revealing the plot. If there are players who care regarding revealing the plot, they can confirm the program record by themselves.
The program is produced by the producer and director of “FF XIV”Naoki Yoshida(Central), Global Community Producer of “FF XIV”Toshio indoors(right),
and translated as Yoshida’s producer in the first half of the live broadcastAimi(Left) Participate in the performance
The 68th “FF XIV” Producer Letter Live Part LXVIII
“FF XIV” will further enrich the fun of single-player
The theme of the first half of the live broadcast is the same as the one mentioned before, “The new challenge of “FF XIV” “towards the next ten years””, but before that, let’s review the “FF XIV” before the new life, and also It is the eleven-year history that began when the media commonly known as “Old FF XIV” was launched.
Then we started to get into the topic.
In the title “The New Challenge of “FF XIV”, three main items are listed.One is“It has further evolved into a role-playing game that can be enjoyed by both “playing alone” and “playing with everyone””and the second is“Preparation and development of the first “game screen update””and finally“Reservation form for the 6.X series”。
The first item to be mentioned is the new challenge policy “to further evolve into a role-playing game that can be enjoyed by “playing alone” and “playing together”.
The specific content is the copy-type maze (インスタンスダンジョン, referred to as ID) that must be cleared in the main mission and corresponds to the trust (フェイス) system (a system that allows players to team up with NPCs to replace other players). But having said that, it is also difficult to cope with the huge amount of content accumulated in the past in one go, so the first wave will be in the game version 6.1, corresponding to the “New Eorzea Arc (New Life エオルゼア, the scope of the game version 2.0)”. ID, and then it is scheduled to correspond in sequence until the 6.5 version of the game.
In addition, in order to cope with the trust system, it is also scheduled to readjust some of the performances and mechanism designs of the past ID. These include reprogramming the content of the animation clips, changing from eight-player to four-player, and changing the task flow to a single-player “quest copy battle (クエストインスタンスバトル)” and other measures.
In addition, as to whether the eight-player war of annihilation will correspond to the trust system, it is considered to correspond in sequence following the 7.0 version of the game (that is, the next expansion piece).
In order to make the game operate for a long time, the screen needs to be greatly updated.
Another important point is to implement the “first screen update”. This is an update project scheduled to be implemented at the same time as the 7.0 version of the game, and will be developed using the period of the 6.X version of the game. Therefore, it will not be reflected in the game immediately, and the development progress will be reported to players in various live broadcasts and other opportunities.
Regarding the specific content of the update, it is to increase the memory capacity used by the screen material, and to upgrade the functions such as light source and shadow. It is not to make the game screen look closer to the simulation style, but to use the existing screen materials as much as possible, with the goal of improving the overall picture quality.
At the beginning, a high-quality character avatar appeared directly on the screen.
Then producer Yoshida went on to say, “Isn’t this direction what everyone wants?”, and replaced it with a picture with a ╳ stamp on it.
Because of this update, the game’s minimum equipment requirements following version 7.0 will be improved somewhat, but from the content of the program’s commentary, it should not be greatly improved.At least when the 7.0 game version is released, it will still work on the PlayStation 4 consoleand it is mentioned that optimization and screen options will be added to maintain a comfortable game environment for players as much as possible.
Producer Yoshida once once more emphasized that “this is not to improve the quality of the picture to the same level as other modern games.” At present, the test of the picture has been started, and he has also disclosed the direction of the plan to improve the picture at this stage.
About the pre-order form for version 6.X of the game
At the end of the first half of the live broadcast, theScheduled Schedule for Game Version 6.X. Since this program is to give priority to the introduction of newly added content and more important parts, the content such as the battle of annihilation that will be added in the general update will not be introduced. Because the usual update will still be added, so this part will be notified separately on the eve of the release of each version.In addition, regarding the release time of the 6.1 version of the game, Yoshida producer has said“Coming in April”. The data center travel (データセンタートラベル) is scheduled to be installed in the 6.18 version of the game.
In addition, regarding the update schedule of future game versions, in the past, a version was basically released every three and a half months, but now because the content of each version has increased, the time should be extended by another two weeks or so.
Comparing the amount of new content added in version 3.3 and version 5.3, seeing the magnitude of this increase does make people think that it is difficult to complete in the same amount of time.
There are also topics such as career adjustment and additional reservations for the Phantom Disk, game version 6.0 Q&A
In the second half of the live broadcast, the producer Yoshida answered the questions raised by players in advance. As said at the beginning of the report, because it contains many questions and answers regarding the world setting of “The End of the Moon” and the inside story of the script, etc., it can be said to be in-depth core questions and answers, so it is omitted in the report. The following will select the part that players pay the most attention to among the questions that will not reveal the plot.
In the second half of the live broadcast, Yoshida producer’s translation was changed toKathleen・Kathyn Cwynar(left)
She is the character in the development team responsible for supporting the world setting and the main English translation
ask:In producer Yoshida’s mind, how long do you think the story of the game has passed?
answer:I didn’t particularly realize this part. When making the text storyboard, I would pay special attention to how long the time elapsed in reality, but I hope you don’t directly link to the time elapsed in the game story. It’s probably been a few years. As for the age of the characters, etc., if you want to complain one by one, it will be endless, so this part is… just by feeling, right?
ask:If you want to harvest Sabenia’s vegetables (on Sabenia Island), where do you grow them?
answer:Please think that it is a vegetable that can only be grown in a special place. Everything depends on how the gods called the life class arrange it (laughs).
ask:It looks like only the protagonist has grown (in terms of appearance) and none of the other characters have grown. Is there a chance to see the grown-up Alfino and Alice?
answer:We also thought regarding depicting grown-up NPCs, but we thought that if we did, there would be people who would think “Alfino and Alise from the past are better”. Because once it is executed, there is no way to restore it except to let the time go back, and it is really difficult to do it. However, it should be no problem to draw an art setting picture such as “if following growing up”.
Judging from the messages that appeared just now, there are really many people who said that they do not want to see the grown-up Alfino and Alise in the game. There are a lot of people wanting to actually make the part of the art settings, but if you don’t supervise it properly, it will probably cause a lot of dissatisfaction…
ask:Regarding the job of complementing the teacher, in addition to the high recovery amount relative to the amount of damage, the attack method is also very lacking. I feel that there is very little place to put more effort in the battle. In fact, there are reports that teams with only the tank profession have successfully beaten the Temple of Magic (パンデモニウム). Is there a plan to improve the need for a supplementary division?
answer:In the large-scale battles at the beginning of the expansion, the difficulty will be relatively simple, which is the same in every version of the expansion. This time, because there are open level restrictions and occupations have also increased, I plan to reset everyone’s impression of difficulty once, and then adjust to the current balance. In the future, following everyone gets used to the current profession, the difficulty will start to increase. You can be sure that you will follow this process in the future. Even so, players who still hope to get back to work can be a little tighter, if they can play the dead line content and experience despair, it will be a big favor for us.
ask:Compared with other tank classes, the Dark Knight’s undead creatures (リビングデッド) and blood weapons (ブラッドウェポン) are not very convenient to use. Are there any plans to adjust them in the future?
answer:In version 6.1 of the game, in addition to the Dark Knight, adjustments are scheduled for many different classes. We have always been mindful of players’ hopes for the game and will respond to everyone’s opinions as much as possible.
The undead mentioned in the question is already being adjusted, and other classes like mechanic and white mage are also subject to adjustment, so please give us a little more time. In addition, we are also considering adding adjustments to shorten the freezing time of the Dragon Knight following jumping, etc. Regarding the balance of such values and the playing experience, we will spend more effort to adjust in version 6.1 of this game. Of course, the occupations not mentioned above will also be adjusted accordingly, please rest assured.
ask:Because there are more Death Gods (リーパー) and Sages, will the number of Phantom Discs (ミラージュプレート) be increased?
answer:Regarding the Phantom Prism (ミラージュプリズム), there are many different expansion options, and the cost of each item has been calculated. Because it has to be done in sequence, multiple phantom disks will be added first in version 6.1 of the game. How many I hope to add will vary from person to person, but the number that will be added is already quite a lot. And this is the first wave of additions, and following that, I plan to increase the number of phantoms that can be stored in the item box. In addition, there will be additional parts that can be reflected, which will be implemented in sequence, and you will be notified following the launch schedule is determined.
ask:In the future, will there be a chance to obtain the Garleima Empire (Garema Empire) sergeant armor, uniform, Imperial scholar’s robe, imperial sword (ガンブレード), and Xia Leian (Shiャーレアン) uniforms and other items?
answer:The uniform of Senator Xia Leian is already in the original plan. In the past, the empire was usually arranged as an enemy in the plot. It seldom described the internal situation of the empire, or described the Garlean people as characters, so it was deliberately used. It is not added to the game (with items that players can equip), but these descriptions have been added in “The End of Xiaoyue”, so I think following the game version 6.0, it should be almost possible to lift the ban.
ask:Is there a plan for the symphony version of the music played on the Garlean Empire radio?
ask:When will the residence on the moon and Xia Leian be allowed to live?
answer:Please stay in Ishgard (イシュガルド), which will be available in version 6.1 of the game! The (development) schedule can’t keep up (laughs).
This time, we have added a lottery system to the conference, and greatly strengthened the servers around the world. I hope that all aspects of housing can be advanced as soon as possible… But there is really not enough time. (The answer is) It would be nice if you might live there! (wry smile)
ask:Are there any updates on women in Rosgar?
answer:Of course we haven’t forgotten! The art team has drawn several different versions, and selected two systems from which to further design. Currently, we are in the stage of how to add this brand new character to the character creation system. Although it will take some time before it actually joins the game, it is definitely progressing.
After the game version 6.1, the land sale will be changed to the lottery owner?
At the end of the live show, the re-introduction has been notified many times before, since the game Land sales following version 6.1related systems. For the residential areas newly sold this time, the lottery method will be used instead of the queuing method. This part will be considered open if players want enough, so if you have any opinions, please go to the official discussion forum and other places to post.
The next live stream is on March 4th!Free trial will start once more soon
At the end, several notices were announced, and the free trial, which was stopped due to heavy game load, will be restarted in order from February 22nd.in additionThe next live broadcast is scheduled to start at 20:00 JST on March 4the program content is “Game Version 6.1 Content Special Part 1”.
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